OXFORD METHODIST CHURCH.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20710, 22 November 1932, Page 4

OXFORD METHODIST CHURCH.

■ ♦ ■ i DIAMOND JUBILEE VEI.EBKA- | TIONS. I In conuo-Mon willj 1 lie diamond ihiloe <'i the Oxford Methodist hurch special services were held, when j lere ivb'c large congregations. J Tin? lie',. Alfred Peters. who was m lai'ge oJ" the circuit from 1883 to 1887. id wlki is in his 32nd year, was the •(";;ichcj'. At both services the Te Deuiu was nig. and the hymns were specially !ci.';d. The choir pave several aii-i/.ia-i. the leading narts being taken } M.esdames White. Dalley. and ( [irly. and Messrs Cederman. Llawke, id Malcolm. '(lie celebrations will lie con tinned -dav, v.iion the new parsonage will • cliji'iaM.v opened by the Rev. M. A. u:;hv Pratt. president of the Conrence. In the evotiin<r there will be j s;li tea in the Coronation Hall, and j ter a public meeting will be liekl j the church. which will he presided I pi- liv Mr D. Hawke, the senior f fin her' "I' the church. j — j I I i;i; |v S THK HEALTHY WAV To SUMNESS. Eat always as your daily bread ilie J iinuwt. most delicious all-wheat isp bread, Peek Frean's Vita-Weal. .[] in vitamins and free from underoked starch. It promotes regularity id keep? you slim and healthy. In ilerl ppck"t.-. From Is. - I-

WKST COAST NOTES. i t ! f'KKSONAI-. i j si'L''[ai. to the I'l::;.^.-.; (fiMOTiIOL'TIi, Novemlier -'I. Air ami .Mrs J. A, I'rye. of Balclutha. are \ isitlng .friends on the West Coast. ..Mr and Mrs A. P. Hayes left on Saturday jn a visit to Gisborne. IMrs K. Airev and Miss 11. Airey. who have been visiting Christchureh, have icturned to Greymouth. The Rev. Dr. Kelly. v\ho has been j visiting the West Uoast. left ou (Saturday for Christ church. Mr and Mrs James Park, who have I been spending a holiday at Springiield, j have returned to Blackball. I Al r J. A. Murdoch (Hokitika.) Is visitj ing Wellington. j Plunket Society. J The annual shop day for the Plunket 'Society's f-freymoutli branch was held I on Saturday when over £BO realI is'.'cl. j Wrestling. 'l'hu takings, of the Greymuuth Boxing |'Association at the Domotral-Karasick', wrestling match were £95. compared. ' with £ltiS taketi at tlie Dmnetral-Detton j bout four weeks ago. Whitebait. I'he whitebait season, new nt-ariiu* its end, has been a prolitable one for several uf the .fishermen about the West Coast. At times the supply has been ' very large, prices falling as low as I threepence a pint and ten shillings a (in at the whitebait canning factories. Worker Injured. While working in the bush squaring limber, G. Carson, of Upper .Blackball, met with a severe injury to a foot through his a_\e slipping. As he was working aloue it was some time before [ lie was noticed by his mate. He was j carried to Blackball by his mates on an j improvised, stretcher and received modi- j riil attention there. Cricket. Yesterday's fixtures of the West Coast Cricket Association were played in perfect- weather with pitches all in good order. Oi.ibden B placed itself in the leail with. Manet by defeating United A. On Saturday, owing to the condition of the grounds following the morning rain, the only senior fixture played was raited-Slar. the latter team securing a two-point win. In this match O. Morris was responsible for an excellent exhibition of batting, never giving a chance and securing l">-' not out. He hit 2S fours. _ | No B division games wore played vcsterd'.v owing to the withdrawal of two teams, lenving only two in the competition. it i* proposed to regrade teams with a view to adding two more teams I to the B division. At the .Recreation ground Cobden B beat Cnited bv I4S to f to on the first inninc*. T'or Oohder the best scorers J wore T>ewor Hose '24. anl for United j McKay not out U. AlcQuee.n 1". Bowl- j inn for Cobden Rose took 5 for 82. and ! for United, "Restieaux took 6 for 48. j At Cobrlen Domain, the home team i beat Rnnnnga in the first innings by] ] iiS runs. Cobden batted first and com- | piled --in for six. declared. Their best j scorers wore McTnrosh SC. Adams 41 mot j out. Knnpp r » i" 1 !- out', nnd Snnd.man [

o-. Euuanga scored only 77, Timlin 25 being the only batsman to sliow any confidence against the bowling by Cobj den. in which Sandman took 5 for 28. [ Atarist were hard pressed to gain a i two-poijiter over Star at Omoto. Star | batted firat and put on 77 (Thomas 27) < ; and Marist followed with 92 for nine i wickets (Marshall not out 45). In their : second strike Star had put on 22 for ! Jive wickets when time was called. Tn the third grade matches oil SatI urday. Technical beat Marist bv 89 to I s ".'